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Private Access, Public Good: Balancing Features in Landing

The landing project aims to provide a seamless user experience. Recent work focuses on a subtle but important distinction: differentiating between public discoverability and direct access to services. Let's dive into the details.

The Challenge

Previously, certain mentor services were hidden from public listings. However, this also inadvertently blocked users from accessing these services

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Fixing Session Cookie Issues Over HTTPS in Reimpact Platform

The Problem

Users of the Reimpact platform were experiencing 401 errors during Livewire POST requests. The investigation revealed that session cookies were not being sent correctly when the application was served over HTTPS. The root cause was identified as the same_site attribute of the session cookie being null while the secure attribute was also false, leading to the browser blocking

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